Portland is doing a lot this weekend. Don't miss out 😉
This is one of those weekends where Portland reminds you why you live here. The Pride Parade is this morning, the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is wrapping up its final day in our neighborhood, the sun is cooperating, and the city is about to become the kind of place that makes people post things on social media they'll smile back on for years.
Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The Portland Pride Parade — the largest parade in Oregon — steps off today at 11am from NW Broadway and Davis, marching to the waterfront. The Waterfront Festival runs today from 11:30am to 6pm with a $10 suggested donation. If you've never been, it's tens of thousands of people celebrating who they are in a city that celebrates them right back, and if you have been, you already know how special it is.
West Coast Fitness is proud to be part of a community that shows up for each other — today and every day. Go be loud, be joyful, and wear sunscreen because a cute outfit doesn't make you immune from the becoming part of the rainbow 🥵
The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival — today, free, in our neighborhood
If you're reading this newsletter, there's a solid chance you live near the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, which is wrapping up its 46th year today from 1pm to 9pm. It's free, it's all-ages, and all under the St. Johns Bridge, which suddenly feels all too magical 🥹✨
It's also just a few minutes from the gym. You could get a workout in this afternoon and be listening to live jazz before your heart rate is back to resting. Just sayin 😉
Next Saturday: Zumba Jammer Stewart Traill is coming to WCF
We've got two Zumba events happening at WCF on Saturday, July 25th and we're pretty excited about both of them.
First, Stewart Traill — a Zumba Jammer coming all the way from Canada to party in Oregon for the first time — is hosting a Cumbia ZIN Jam from 12 to 3pm for all the Zumba instructors and ZIN members in the area. If you're a ZIN, you know what this is and you're probably already in.
Then at 4:30pm, Stewart is throwing a Zumba Masterclass with a few local instructors — 90 minutes of what the official description calls "pure fun and booty shaking," which sounds like our kind of party. You just need to show up willing to move and not take yourself too seriously for an hour and a half. Tickets are $20 early or $25 at the door — grab them at zumba.com or ask at the front desk.
A couple of updates from us
You might have noticed that pdxgym.com looks different — because it is. 👀 We gave the website a big upgrade, and we're in the process of updating what's on some of our TVs in the gym as well. Some neat highlights from the website are an updated schedule page, an updated recovery page and an updated membership page, complete with an interactive map of the gym 😎
If something looks new and shiny, that's on purpose. If something looks broken, let us know and we'll put Andrew on it 🙃
Proud to know you,
Your West Coast Fitness Family
PS: Sign-ups are still available at the front desk for Alyssa's outdoor workshop, drop your name and embrace your inner wild 🥾
